Fastener for reversible carments



E, FWHM J. J. SDMIEWS Filed Aug. 3l.

FASTENER FOR REVERSIBLE GRMENTS plz 24, W23.,

fi llltjtiit lilith l i i i i i Application. :lett .exigent el., leriol Ittfo,

end othei' eimiliii glei-mente, theft4f nire het mode so that thej,7 new he i'eife eed. Cooseqoeotly.) when thel eci'set or othci' eiimihti tevitimoet, which has heeii liiiielied om ooe eid@ becomes iioii'o oo that tioiehed eide it has to hedisczii'di-id. lit iiieiiiie 'were piovided foi* eoii'veiitiioei the corset mit! eiimilzii gniioeiite into reversible itzii'mehte they height he iiioiehed oii hoth Hides; so tl'mt 'eheh one finished si de heoeeoe wei-o oi Q -:oiled eo ee hot to pi'eeeiit o goed iiiipeeieoce it miiiiht he ieveieed, displaying; the other iiiiiehod eid-e which had not heen Woiii. lhiie the pievi-- Sion oit fosteiiiiifi devices iii eoiijii'oetioo with gfiliiheiite, converting; them iioto i-ewi'- sible gairhieiits, would ggji'ezfttly "reduce the eitpei'lcvlitiiie reqiiiied `in eiiihiplyiog 'the Weiiime oiz Such gei'meots. i

Tlhe geileiol ohject o'l thi@ 'hireiitioii ie the provision of fastening dei-ieee 'Voir iiee "with i'coi'eete sold eimiloif o' iioieiite i'oi' ooiiifeitiog; them iiito ieveieihle pgiiimeiite.

lli furthe/ir object oit the iiiwshtioii it; the provision oi? tzieteiiiiig di ieee ioik meentieg on coieete zuid Siiiiilitif iijziiiiiente that the eoi'eete and similargarments iiizi'y he i'eversed to proloog the lite ot the ixziiimeote.

rlhese ohjeete ei'e accomplished hy ihoimtfA ogg; e plete having loop inemiiei'e oo oioe edge oi the gztimeiitu attaching; to the o'thei: edge oit 'the gtilmeiot zi plete pi'ovhled Awith :i plurality olf elidiiiglf etude thztt me); he pifojected to eithei1 eide ot the plate ioi eoeoigzjiiig With the loop imeiiiheie oh eithei eide et the garment, mid providing); iii coojuoctioii with the gaiiiieiit 'flejes which eitteiod oii hoth eide@ oll the platte worrying' Stud, these 'deps hevingplzitee mounted thei'ciii tot pitojectihgthe etude to eithei' side oi the etiid carrying plete.

rlheee zii/,1d other objects ot the iiivehtioo 'will he moi-e cleeily iihdeietood trom the lhtliiofiiig detailed dese iptioii :md aecompoii fihi; difeiiihof.

l iiie l is i A :repetitive View el corset provided with the iiesteiiihlg dei/'ice7 dieplziyi'hg olie ot the itiiiiehed eide@` et the eoieet;

liiiuiio it* i eet, eh o w iii gg tiiiiehed eide;

lV io'ui'e 3l ie o tioiit plee View ot the meetiho; edeee oi the coi'eet with o poi'toii eut ity diepleyiii pei't oi the feeteiiiiilsg; device; liio'uie ie :i section filone; the line iw-1h liigiui'e 3i; i I llitiiiie 5 is; :t r-ectioii alone; the liiie 5-5 li" fe ie'iofe t5 :ie :i eide elet/attimo ot the stud pei'eheetiee View of the eoi' i i'eveireedi, displaying the othei e, ei'i'iiiif to the :ihove-iiieiitioiied diemitiT ot etude filidrthly iiioimtei, thweii. ie ehelosed iii :i piece et :hih'ic it the etude l5 eiiteiodiiiii 'thifoueh the telo-ic lhe etliijess ot the 'laihi'ie itl im c. tween the liiyei'si ot 'teh :iiid l5-ta need iii eoiietiuetioe; the cors t. :tod attached in iaoeitioii hy e liiie ot' etitclwf 'h Flaps; Elfi ood :ii'e ioiiiied iii'oiii the two oiitei' lei/ete olf the 'tehlio need ioV ioiiltioo the coiset hir 'loldiiigl 'tht-iii lmet: oto 'theineeliieeM enclosing' the platee .20 ond 2i. The 'telde oie ifetoiiied iii the 'hihiic hy the lihe of Stitches 19 which elec heide the tleliiic l@ ih position. Thos-1c Hope ze eh own iii iie 4h eilte-nd outward, ooe oo ezieh eide et the eti] d eerie/yimg; plete lit lo the pi'eifeiohle co'ositifuctioii ett the ooieet ee ehoivii iii lliqm'ee l? 2 mid 3.Al 'the 'hieteoiiig-5 deviee deeciihed ehove would hot ei;- te'hd the toll length of the eoiset but would only he pi'ovided iii conjonction with the upper poi'tioii ot the corset. The edges ot the loitfei ijioiftion would he joined togethei hy inertes oit lacing eoid Qli.

lho iieiiig e iteeteiiihg; device ot thisl type lil@ ltlti l lil all the wearer has to do in order to tasten the corset or other similar garment is to press one of the i'iaps or 23 into engagement with the studs l5, projecting then to the side ot the plate on which it is desired to attach the loop members or eyes ll. rlhe loop members are then titted over the ends of the studs in the ordinary manner. rllhe tlaps 22 ancl 23 protect the wearer and the garments which are located outside of the corset from the heads of the stm 1. ln providing a reversible garment or this type it is also necessary to provide rerersiole suspenders 25.

l would state in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitu a practical embodiment o'i my invention l do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated since manifestly the same can be considerably varied Yfithout departing from the spirit ot the intention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims.- f

l. A fastener for reversible garments, comprising loop members carried by one edge of the reversible garment, studs slidably mounted in the other edge ot' the re- -versiblo garment, and means attached to the reversible garment for forcing the studs to either side oit the reversible garment to engage the loop members.

A fastener for corsets and similar garments, comprising loop members carried by one edge of the corset, means adjustably mounted in the other edge ot the corset for engaging the loop members, and means carried by the corset for setting the adjustable engaging means to engage the loop members on either side of the corset.

A clasp for reversible garments, comprising steels attached to each edge of the reversible garment, eye members mounted on one steel, studs slidably mounted in the other steel, and means carried by the reversible garment tor forcing the studs to either side of the steel for engaging the eye members.

it. A device of the class described for fastening reversible garments, comprising eye members, means tor mounting the eye menibers on one edge ot the reversible garment, studs ior engaging the eye members, means for mountingl the studs on the other edge ot' the reversible garment so that they may be projected to either side ot it, and means car ried by the reversible garment for 'forcing the studs to either side of it.

5. ln combination with a reversible gan ment, a device ot the class described tor vtastening the garment. comprising eye inembers mounted on one edge ot the garment, studs mounted on the other edge ot the garment so that they may be forced to either side 0f the same, and flaps carried by the garment for projecting the studs to either side ot the garment to engage the eye niembers.

(l. ln combination With. corsets or .similar garments, a device of thc class described tor Eatening them, comprising a plate mounted in one edge ot the garment, loop members carried by said plate, a second plato mounted in the other odge ot the garment, studs slidably mounted in the .second plate. tlaps arricd by the garment and projecting out- Ward, one lying on cach side ot the secornl plate carrying the studs, and plates mounted in each ot said flaps .tor projecting tllo studs to either side ot' the stud carrying plate.

7. ln a corset 'fastening device ol' the class described includinga plurality ot loop meme bers carried lvy one edge of the cors-"ip means mounted on the other edge ot the corset to engage the, loop ni imbers, comprising a plate having studs slidably mounted therein so that they may be projected to either' side of the plate to engage the loop members on either side ol the plate.

8. A ilastener for reversible garments,

comprising loop members carried by one `cdgc ol the reversible mrment, and studs slidably mounted in the other edge ot the reversible garment so that they may be projectcd to either side ol" the rarer-sible gan ment to coact with the loop members to connect the edges o'l the garment together.

JOHN J'. SOMERS.

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